16 July 2014

Cherry Groce - Met apologises 29 years later

End police racism: Early one morning in September 1985, police smashed their way into a family home with a sledgehammer and shot an innocent, unarmed mother in front of her children

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19 March 2014

Unite to end racism and cuts

On Saturday 22 March, as part of the UN's International Anti-Racism Day, the TUC has coordinated marches in London, Cardiff and Glasgow

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22 January 2014

Lincoln marches against racism and fascism

On 18 January, around 150 people marched under the banner of Lincoln Against Racism and Fascism (LARF)

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8 January 2014

Unite all workers to end bosses' race to the bottom

Much of the right-wing media whipped up hostility and alarm in the run up to the 1 January end of restrictions on entry to Britain for people from Romania and Bulgaria

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16 October 2013

Immigration Bill: Whipping up racism to cut our services

Home Secretary Theresa May says the new Immigration Bill will stop 'health tourism', which is a major "drain" on the National Health Service, writes Naomi Byron.

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Tower Hamlets school students striking on 9 March 1994 against racist attacks, photo by Andy walker

4 September 2013

1993: BNP racists forced off Brick Lane

Twenty years ago, on Sunday 19 September 1993, 1,000 people gathered on Brick Lane in Tower Hamlets, east London, to stop the racist, far-right British National Party (BNP) from having its regular paper sale.

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17 July 2013

USA: Zimmerman, Trayvon and racism

It's the system that's guilty!: How many more Trayvons will be killed and how many more Zimmermans will walk free before something is done? The following is based on a leaflet and article by US supporters of the CWI and gives the background to the trial and its likely repercussions

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9 July 2013

Protesting against police spying

Youth against Racism in Europe supporters protested outside Scotland Yard today against the recent 'infiltration' scandal

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12 June 2013

After Woolwich killing: Time for unions to lead anti-racist fight

In the aftermath of the Woolwich killing, a minority has been involved in an increased number of racist attacks

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6 June 2013

Condemnation of racist destruction of Muswell Hill Islamic centre in London

The daubing of "EDL" on one of the burnt walls indicates that the forces behind this are supporters of the far right

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29 May 2013

No to terrorism! No to racism! No to war!

The unprovoked and vicious killing of an unarmed soldier in Woolwich was an horrific event which must have been profoundly traumatic for the people who witnessed it, and, of course, an appalling tragedy for the victim, and the victim's family and friends

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27 March 2013

Cameron whips up immigration fears to divide movement against austerity

The Con-Dem government grows more unpopular by the day. Endless austerity is combined with falling living standards, rising unemployment, and no prospect of a return to economic growth

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28 March 2012

Million Hoodies March against racist murders in the US

Thousands of people have taken part in 'Million Hoodie Marches' and vigils in the US, including in New York, Miami, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, to demand justice for 17 year old African American Trayvon Martin

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15 February 2012

Racism in football back in the headlines

Luis Suarez's refusal to shake Patrice Evra's hand at the start of the of the recent Manchester United v Liverpool match has brought the issue of racism in football back into the headlines, writes Chris Newby.

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30 November 2011

Showing racism the red card

Sepp Blatter, the reactionary, out of touch head of FIFA (world football's governing body), recently told a CNN interviewer that there is no racism in football, writes Chris Newby.

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21 September 2011

Jobs, homes and services, not racism

On Saturday 3 September, Youth Fight For Jobs participated in the counter-demonstration against the English Defence League's (EDL) plan to intimidate the community of Tower Hamlets, writes Matt Gordon, Bristol.

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17 August 2011

Racist Starkey attacks rap

David Starkey's comments on Newsnight on Friday 12 August exposed the racist attitude of the British establishment, writes Wayne Scott, Socialist Party Scotland.

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20 July 2011

Immigration Advice closure shows need for industrial struggle

One year after the closure of Refugee Migrant Justice (RMJ) in June 2010, the other main UK provider of free legal advice and representation to asylum seekers and migrant workers has now also been shut down, writes Eric Segal, former RMJ Unite rep.

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Jobs and Homes Not Racism - Youth Fight For Jobs banner on anti-EDL demonstration in Tower Hamlets, London, photo East London Socialist Party

3 November 2010

We need jobs, homes and services - not racism

Anti-racists and socialists don't shed any tears for Nick Griffin when the British National Party (BNP) leader is again called to court to defend his organisation's racist membership rules, writes Ross Saunders, Cardiff East Socialist Party.

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6 October 2010

Campaign defeats BNP in Stroud

The far-right, racist British National Party (BNP) has retreated from its plans to set up a national propaganda HQ (media centre) in Stroud...

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